I’m quite excited. I’ve been given an opportunity to influence, affect, direct and maybe even change the way that teachers will practice their teaching and learning in the classroom. From next week I’ll be working with student and practicing teachers discovering, demonstrating and developing new ways of learning about ICT, learning with ICT and learning …
Author archives: Derek
Different thinking
Kevin Durheim, Professor at the School of Psychology, and his student conference team have put the 2008 student conference online, and it has a few differences. From left: Jared Forbes, Thembelihle Zuma, Janine Upton & Farina Karim. As we planned this web site, the team and I decided (as one of the conference goals), to …
Different Planning
It’s energising to work with people that are Willing to try new ideas in front of their peers Want to explore better methods of working Unafraid of looking silly The psych masters conference team hadn’t published anything online before. Yet after a day and a half of workshopping, we decided that we were going to …
My early learning tech & ed memories
I still vividly remember the excitement of hearing my name read out on the radio, a dedication arranged by my parents for my third birthday. Turning the wireless dial, mistaking it for the volume, I discovered that there was more to radio than the “English Service Station”. Springbok radio, with its 15 minute story slot, …
As good as it gets?
I’m 40, I work from home, I’m married and spend my time between DIY, Children, Jean and the computer. This sums it up. Do you really want to see what I’m up to?
It’s not a PICNIC
Problem In Chair, Not In Computer PICNIC (Problem In Chair, Not In Computer) is a term used by computer techies to describe people who are having problems with their technologies. The assumption behind the term is that the computer is right, and the user is wrong. Perhaps geeks feel that computers needs defending. I don’t. …
Finding my voice
I was up at 1 am this morning reading Po Bronson’s Book – What should I do with my life – with questions about the future running around my brain and robbing me of sleep. Po has a well known quote “There is nothing more genuine than breaking away from the chorus to learn …